Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.
EXAMPLE:
My word: peaches
Root: peach
Meaning: a low spreading freely branching Chinese tree ( Prunus persica) of the rose family that has lanceolate leaves and sessile usually pink flowers a widely cultivated in temperate areas for its edible a pulpy white or yellow flesh , and thin fuzzy skin
Related words: impeachment, peaches, peach, impeaching, impeached
My word: changes
Root: change
Meaning: to make different in some particular
Related words: changed, changing , unchanged, unchanging, changes
My word: mixes
Root: mix
Meaning: to combined or blend into one mass
Related words: remix, mixing, mixes, remixing, unmixed
EXAMPLE:
My word: peaches
Root: peach
Meaning: a low spreading freely branching Chinese tree ( Prunus persica) of the rose family that has lanceolate leaves and sessile usually pink flowers a widely cultivated in temperate areas for its edible a pulpy white or yellow flesh , and thin fuzzy skin
Related words: impeachment, peaches, peach, impeaching, impeached
My word: changes
Root: change
Meaning: to make different in some particular
Related words: changed, changing , unchanged, unchanging, changes
My word: mixes
Root: mix
Meaning: to combined or blend into one mass
Related words: remix, mixing, mixes, remixing, unmixed